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StringManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15906248020583098985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17561759.post-49310733576586962492007-10-03T07:20:00.001-04:002010-08-14T11:24:11.843-04:00A one-man band seeking truth about ... Cylindricalsby Dick Cabeza, on special assignment for the PEI EnquirerCharlottetown, PEI -- John Wayne Terry didn’t feel like he was looking for the Cylindricals, as much as they were looking for him. “Let me tell you, I’m not the kind of guy that goes nosing around looking for trouble,” he said, in a hushed tone, as if trying not to be overheard. “Gosh, no, I’m just a simple man from Cape Breton. But it StringManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15906248020583098985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17561759.post-1132635819922570232007-09-06T23:47:00.000-04:002007-10-03T15:25:09.646-04:00I Live a Life of Oxymorons ...I'm the shy outgoing type who also happens to be cheerfully pessimistic. I've also been described as an aging yuppie who is awfully nice but clearly misunderstood -- a talkative mime, if you will, who wears loose tights and seems to live in constant chaos.It's a well-known secret that I occasionally take working vacations, often going nowhere and just acting like a dim wit -- or is that a smart StringManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15906248020583098985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17561759.post-1132543595802733502007-09-05T22:20:00.000-04:002007-10-03T15:33:22.875-04:00AM radio waves ...I was helping a friend clean out her cellar recently when I came across an old vintage radio, circa 1950s, with all its tubes intact. She said I could have it. The reason I wanted it? To pull in distant AM radio stations late at night, when the waves can travel incredibly far distances. Old tube radios, when they heat up, have amazing AM reception abilities.When I was around 10 or 11 years old StringManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15906248020583098985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17561759.post-1151265298131205632006-06-25T15:27:00.000-04:002006-06-25T16:01:11.100-04:00That disappointing Summer SolsticeOn June 21st – which marks the beginning of summer here in the northern hemisphere – we experience what will be a string of the “longest days” of the year. In fact, looking in my almanac, I see that June 19 – 21 are each of the same length of day, making them the longest days of the year (15hrs 17min from sunrise to sunset).Lady String and I always make it a point to be outdoors on Summer StringManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15906248020583098985noreply@blogger.com33